When the Massachusetts senatorship was in question Mr.Adams urged the election of Governor Lincoln, and objected on the most flattering grounds to Mr.Webster's withdrawal from the House.

It is not a too violent conjecture to suppose that Mr.Webster's final acceptance of a seat in the Senate was due in large measure to a feeling that he had sacrificed enough for the administration.

There can be no doubt that coolness grew between the President and the Senator, and that the appointment to England, if still desired, never was made, so that when the next election came on Mr.Webster was inactive, and, despite his hostility to Jackson, viewed the overthrow of Mr.Adams with a good deal of indifference and some satisfaction.

It is none the less true, however, that during these years when the first foundations of the future Whig party were laid, Mr.Webster formed the political affiliations which were to last through life.

He inevitably found himself associated with Clay and Adams, and opposed to Jackson, Benton, and Van Buren, while at the same time he and Calhoun were fast drifting apart.